The monograph is devoted to the history of the Goths in the Northern Black Sea region and the Balkans in the 3rd–4th centuries. The author examines the movement of the Gothic tribes from north to south, the history of their relationship with Rome and Byzantium, and analyzes the problem of the “state of Ermanaric”. The work summarizes the results of the study of the concept of Gothic history. The ethnonymy of the Germanic tribes is specially considered. The book is based on materials from written sources. For historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, a wide range of readers.

Contents: Introduction

The Gothic problem in historical science

The origins of the written tradition about the GothsGoths in the system of ethnic ideas of ancient authors about Germanic tribesAncient and early medieval versions of the names of the Goths

Goths in the Northern Black Sea region and the Balkans in the 3rd century. The appearance of the Goths in the Northern Black Sea region and the BalkansGoths - participants in the barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire< /p>

Goths in the Northern Black Sea region and the Balkans in the 4th century. Goths and the Empire (the turn of the 3rd–4th centuries) Goths of Ermanaric Goths on the eve of the Hunnic invasion

ConclusionAppendix. Ethnonymy of Germanic tribes during the Great Migration

BibliographyList of abbreviationsIndex of namesIndex of geographical namesIndex of ethnic names